Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-02-11

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 109▼ 209 vs year ago 281 · −74.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 26▼ 12 vs year ago 15 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there was not enough to call an accurate trend due to the heavy rain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.01/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −101.74 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$240.01
11 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.59
vs MS average
−56.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558245.021,3664thin
Medium and Large 1-2563245.001,3795thin
Medium and Large 2550217.501,1962thin
One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
240.01
—
MS average13 barns · 273 hd
256.60
−16.59
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−56.99
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−101.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
411367322278median 341.7403/3105/1909/2210/0610/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.24, low $291.80, median $341.74 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250138.951,7372thin

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2745
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4482
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465323.68/cwt318.00–327.501,5055
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5683
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360265.00/cwt265.00–265.009541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422273.23/cwt267.50–280.001,1533
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462263.24/cwt255.00–282.501,2166
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2445
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3795
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575243.36/cwt240.00–250.001,3993
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2471
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623227.59/cwt220.00–235.001,4182
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6301
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358317.60/cwt312.50–322.501,1372
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0531
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250138.95/cwt137.00–141.001,7372

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.